June 17, 2009

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.44" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 74ºF, the sky was mostly cloudy and winds were estimated to be 4-7 mph.

The forecast for today is for a low in the low 70's, a high around 90, west winds 10-15 mph and a 30% chance of showers or thunderstorms.

The low today was 70º F and the high was 87º F. There were lots of showers around today, but the only rain we got was when one passing to our south grazed us.

Last year on the 17th the low was 58º F, the high was 78º F, and 0.02" of precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Forecast for Oshkosh, Wisconsin
The forecast today is for a low in the mid 50's and a high in the mid 70's with mostly cloudy skies and a 40% chance of rain in the morning and clearing to partly cloudy with a reduced chance of rain this afternoon.

Weather Fact
The number of days in 2007 with 0.01" of precipitation or more in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was 121 days. (2009 The World Almanac and Book of Facts.)

CoCoRaHS
CoCoRaHS is a volunteer system where average people who like weather can record the precipitation at their location and help various climate researchers better understand precipitation patterns. For more information, go to the CoCoRaHS web site.

6/16/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports at time of blog entry that looked like they might be legitimate) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.97" at Brownsville. There were 330 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.19" at Westmoreland.
No precipitation was reported in Texas. There were 416 reports from Texas.
Not precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 6702 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 5.38" at Bismarck, North Dakota (2 reports).

No new snow was reported.
No snow was reported on the ground.